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E17 | Season 2 - William Santana Li (Knightscope - Chairman & CEO)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - February 01, 2022 18:30 - 42 minutes
On this episode, we covered a different kind of autonomous vehicle as I spoke with William Santana Li, Chairman & CEO of Knightscope. Knightscope makes indoor and outdoor autonomous security robots that have been preventing crimes in the real world for over six years. The company just went pub...

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E16 | Season 2 - Asaf Weisbrot (Otonomo - Head of Automotive)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - January 25, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes
On this episode, I had an interview with Asaf Weisbrot, Head of Automotive at Nasdaq-listed Otonomo. Otonomo is a provider of a pioneering vehicle data platform and marketplace, and is positioned at the epicenter of the data revolution in the automotive and mobility space. Otonomo vehicle data i...

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E15 | Season 2 - Cetin Mericli (Locomation - CEO & Co-founder)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - January 11, 2022 14:00 - 48 minutes
On this episode, I spoke with Dr. Cetin Mericli, co-founder and CEO of Locomation a Pittsburg-based startup building autonomous trucks. Previously, he was Special Faculty and Commercialisation Specialist at the National Robotics Engineering Center, at Carnegie Mellon University, where he led the...

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E14 | Season 2 - Mark Frohnmayer (Arcimoto - CEO & Founder)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - December 21, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes
On this episode, I had a conversation with Mark Frohnmayer, Founder and CEO of Arcimoto makers of (FUVs) Fun Utility Vehicles and fleet solutions for emergency services and last mile delivery. Their company is based in Oregon. Mark graduated from UC Berkeley in 1996 with a degree in Electrical...

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E13 | Season 2 - Clare Jones (What3Words - CCO)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - November 30, 2021 14:00 - 35 minutes
On this episode I spoke with Clare Jones, the Chief Commercial Officer of What3Words - the world’s first addressing system designed for voice that is used in 170 countries and is being adopted by governments all around the world as an official addressing system. Previously, Clare was involved in...

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E12 | Season 2 - Marc Ausman (Airflow.aero - CEO & Co-Founder)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - November 16, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes
On this episode I had a conversation with Marc Ausman, the co-founder and CEO of Airflow.aero, which is building an aerial logistics network for same-day e-commerce using electric Short Take Off and Landing aircraft. He was Chief Strategist on the Airbus Vahana eVTOL program an early employee ...

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Bonus Episode | Season 2 - Brandon Bartneck ("Future of Mobility" Podcast - Host)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - November 02, 2021 13:30 - 55 minutes
On this special bonus episode I switched chairs with Brandon Bartneck, the host of the podcast that is coincidentally called "Future of Mobility" just like this season of "Accelerated". Brandon has interviewed numerous leaders in mobility on his podcast and we decided to post our conversation on...

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E11 | Season 2 - Robert Falck (Einride - CEO & Founder)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - September 21, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes
On this episode I spoke with Robert Falck, the co-founder and CEO of Einride. Based in Sweden, Einride is the first fully electric, totally autonomous transport vehicle to operate on a public road in the world. With remote monitoring and operation capability, operators can oversee and control th...

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E10 | Season 2 - Mate Rimac (Bugatti-Rimac - CEO)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - September 14, 2021 13:00 - 48 minutes
A very special episode with Mate, the 33 year old Croatian founder and CEO of his namesake, high performance EV company Rimac – maker of the world’s fastest production car. In July, Rimac and Porsche, announced that the 112 year old legendary Bugatti brand will be in a new joint venture with Mat...

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Bonus Episode | Season 2 - Jack Cheng (Foxconn MIH, NIO) & Monika Mikac (QEV Tech, Rimac)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - August 24, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour
This bonus episode of Accelerated Podcast is a rebroadcast of a live East meets West event I moderated earlier in August. It was put on by DIGITIMES Asia and Anchor Taiwan.  Asia Venturing is a series of monthly roundtables with roadmaps to the future focusing on the hype v.s. the reality of As...

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E9 | Season 2 - Vlad Voroninski (Helm.ai - Co-founder & CEO)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - August 17, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes
On this episode, I had a conversation with Vlad Voroninski, co-founder and CEO of Helm.ai, the Android of autonomy. Vlad is an applied mathematician, AI researcher, and entrepreneur, with many years of R&D experience in algorithmic development. His PhD thesis in mathematics at UC Berkeley made f...

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E9 | Season 2- Vlad Voroninski (Helm.ai - Co-founder & CEO)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - August 17, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes
On this episode, I had a conversation with Vlad Voroninski, co-founder and CEO of Helm.ai, the Android of autonomy. Vlad is an applied mathematician, AI researcher, and entrepreneur, with many years of R&D experience in algorithmic development. His PhD thesis in mathematics at UC Berkeley made fu...

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E8 | Season 2 - Gilbert Passin (Wrightspeed)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - August 10, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes
On this episode, I spoke with Gilbert Passin, CEO of Wrightspeed, maker of heavy duty EV platforms for commercial trucks and buses. Gilbert served as VP of manufacturing at Tesla during its most formative years. There he grew the vehicle manufacturing team from scratch and launched the Fremont f...

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E7 | Season 2 - Jay Giraud (Damon Motorcycles)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - August 03, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes
On this episode, I had a conversation with Jay Giraud, Founder and CEO of Damon Motorcycles based in Vancouver. Damon is often compared to Tesla for its innovative reinvention of an entire category. Jay found early success as a professional snowboarder and then set out on a personal mission to r...

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E6 | Season 2 - Praveen Penmetsa (Monarch Tractor)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - July 27, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes
On this episode, I spoke speak with Praveen Penmetsa, the CEO of the smart and electric tractor Silicon Valley startup Monarch. Before founding the company, he spent two decades developing core technology and full products across energy, mobility, agricultural tech, and even aviation. Since 2010...

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E5 | Season 2 - Michel Taride (Partner, Drake Star & exGroup President Hertz)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - July 20, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes
On this episode, I had a conversation with Michel Taride, who I’m humbled to call one of my Partners at Drake Star. We discussed his 38 year career at Hertz where he went from a summer job as a young entry level clerk to Group President. We covered some really interesting topics in Connected, Au...

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E4 | Season 2 -Mark Joseph (Transportation Expert - Mobitas)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - July 12, 2021 16:30 - 40 minutes
On this episode, I spoke with Mark Joseph, the CEO of Mobitas Advisors and Advisor to Drake Star Partners. During Joe Biden’s campaign and transition, he served as the co-chair of the subcommittee on infrastructure and stimulus. Mark has had a fascinating career in transportation that started wi...

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E3 | Season 2 - Monika Mikac (QEV Tech & Rimac Automobili)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - July 06, 2021 18:00 - 36 minutes
On this episode, I had a conversation with Monika Mikac, the CBO of QEV Technologies and a former member of the founding team at Rimac Automobili - maker of the all electric and fastest production car in the world, the Nevera. There, as the COO, she helped grow the company from 8 crazy kids in a...

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E2 | Season 2 - Andrés De León (HyperloopTT)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - June 29, 2021 13:15 - 46 minutes
On this episode, I spoke with Andrés de León the CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. He first joined the company as its COO before taking the helm in 2019. Prior to Hyperloop he build an illustrious career leading many initiatives in energy and infrastructure.  We talked about how the ...

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E1 | Season 2 - Stefan Krause (Canoo, BMW, Faraday Future, Deutsche Bank & Rolls-Royce)

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - June 22, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes
On this first episode of "Accelerated" Season 2, I spoke with Drake Star Senior Advisor, Stefan Krause - Founder of Canoo, CFO of Faraday Future, BMW, and Deutsche Bank. Stefan shared his views on the EV revolution (and the non-obvious challenge for legacy brands in the transition), when we can ...

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Trailer: "Accelerated" Season 2 | The Future of Mobility

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - June 16, 2021 23:15 - 3 minutes
As the pandemic began tightening its grip on the world in March of 2020, those who have been through a few economic cycles said, "here we go again". Borders closed, factories shut down, and everyone held their breath not knowing what’s next. Like many crises before, opened the door to opportunit...

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Hyperloop Manchester - Initiatives and Goals for 2021

In The Hyperloop - December 18, 2020 17:00 - 16 minutes
Hyperloop Manchester is a student-led Hyperloop project organization aiming to compete in the Hyperloop competitions organized by SpaceX or other organisations and are working to the technology behind hyperloop with people around the world. Hakan Okten, Co-President and Electornics Team Advisor...

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E8 - Dr. Tia Kansara on why companies should think beyond sustainability

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - October 07, 2020 15:00 - 45 minutes
On this episode, I spoke with Dr. Tia Kansara, a sustainability expert, multi award-winning entrepreneur and economist who’s consulted some of the worlds largest brands like Coca Cola, Formula One, and MIT. We discussed the importance of thinking beyond sustainability to replenishment. How start...

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E7 - David Troy, Disinformation expert and CEO of 410labs

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - September 02, 2020 15:00 - 50 minutes
On this episode, I spoke with Dave Troy an entrepreneur, speaker, and disinformation researcher based in Baltimore, Maryland. We covered: disinformation, misinformation, what's wrong with Twitter and Facebook, the threat of Tok Tok, foreign operations using social media to divide Americans, BLM...

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Hyperloop Updates from June - July 2020 and the Research Symposium with Hard Tech Fund - Live Stream

In The Hyperloop - August 22, 2020 18:00 - 43 minutes
Join InTheHyperloop Live! Register now for the Hyperloop Research Symposium with Hard Tech Fund: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hard-tech-funds-hyperloop-symposium-tickets-115761368369?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=estw&utm-source=tw&utm-term=listing Stay...

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August 18th 2020

Elon Daily - August 18, 2020 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratings
517 miles range! Space X speeds leaked.

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E6 - Shannon Kalayanamitr, Partner at Gobi Partners

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - August 18, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes
On this episode, I spoke with a Forbes top business woman in Asia, Shannon Kalayanamitr, a Shark on SharkTank Thailand and Partner at $1B fund, Gobi Partners. In the past, she was part of Rocket Internet's founding team in SEA and CEO of Orami, the top ecommerce destination for women. We had a v...

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E5 - Gary Stewart, CEO of The Nest

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - July 09, 2020 13:00 - 55 minutes
On this episode, I spoke with Gary Stewart, CEO of The Nest aka “Masterclass for startup founders”. We covered some serious hot topics, including: What it was like growing up in an immigrant family in the Bronx Thriving at an elite University and Law School What Stacey Abrams and Cory Booker...

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E4 - Raman Frey on Building Communities

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - June 30, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes
On this episode, I talk with Raman Frey about the importance of building authentic communities around your products and companies. Raman is the founder of Good People Dinners, a Bay Area community focused on meaningful conversations, usually over food and drink. These dinners, corporate salons, ...

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E3 - Black Lives (finally) Matter and special guest, Louis Lehot

Accelerated with Vitaly Golomb - June 16, 2020 13:00 - 47 minutes
For this episode, I put together a post to highlight educational resources on racism because Black Lives finally seem to Matter. The interview segment is with Louis Lehot, Managing Partner of L2 Counsel. He is one of the leading attorneys working with startups in Silicon Valley and has supported...

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